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Serious A52 crash in Boston on 8 September 1998 at 12:14 involving a Vauxhall Omega

A Vauxhall Omega and a Ford P100 van were involved in a crash on the A52 in Boston at 12:14 on Tuesday 8 September 1998. All four casualties were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Sep 1998
Tuesday, 12:14
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Omega and Ford P100
Casualties
4
4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00654, longitude 0.08356, in the PE22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199832A007518
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,962 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford P100

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Omega)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Omega)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Omega)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford P100)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199832A007518 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Boston road accident statistics for 1998.